SPLOST Project History

SPLOST 2017 - $64,800,000

• Transportation - $18,330,793
• Debt Service/Retirement - $10,403963
• E911 Communications (co-occupied) - $3,666,`59
• Westside Youth Outreach Facility - $495,427
• Senior Expansion - $1,783,537
• Recreation Department Existing Facilities - $990,854
• District 2 Improvements - $495,427
• Porterdale Park Upgrades - $148,628
• District 4 Existing Park Upgrades - $495,427
• Chimney Park - $99,085
• Yellow River Trail - $1,337,652
• Library - $495,427
• Animal Control Facility and Equipment - $1,199,468
• Washington Street Land Acquisition - $495,427
• Sheriff Office Upgrade Existing Facilities - $2,972,561
• Solid Waste - $1,387,195
• Fleet Replacement and Equipment - $3,467,988
• Fire Services - $792,683
• Economic Development - $990,854

Individual City Projects

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  City of Covington 
  • Transportation Projects - $4,029,944
  • Sanitary Sewer Inspection and Construction - $1,575,000
  • Public Safety - $3,820,817
• City of Oxford Projects
  • Water and Sewer System - $500,000
  • Transportation - $500,000
  • Parks and Recreation - $400,000
  • Public Safety - $100,965
• Town of Newborn
  • Roads - $228,150
  • Public Safety $50,000
  • Facility - $126,750
  • Parks/Recreation - $101,400
• City of Mansfield
  • Transportation and/or Infrastructure - $192,780
  • Facilities and/or Historical Facilities $77,112
  • Public Safety - $115,668

SPLOST 2011 - $57,600,000

• Administrative Building Debt Service - $5,000,000
• Contribution to Design and Construction of Miracle Field - $1,500,000
• County Fleet Replacement - $500,000
• Design and Construction of Agricultural Facility - $1,100,000
• Design and Construction of Fire Station Number 8 - $1,100,000
• Design and Renovation of Animal Control Facility - $100,000
• Design and Renovation of Juvenile Court Program Space - $500,000
• District 4 Recreation - $500,000
• Emergency Room Expansion - $4,000,000
• Fire Services Equipment - $100,000
• Fleet Replacement - $2,500,000
• Historic Preservation - Renovation of Historic Jail Interior - $1,200,000
• Landfill Debt Service - $500,000
• Multi Use Community Facility District 4 - $545,000
• Newton County Jail Pods Debt Service - $3,000,000
• Public Works Equipment - $500
• Purchase of Land for Cemetery - $55,000
• Recreation: Upgrades to Existing Parks and Recreational Facilities - $1,000,000
• Renovation and Expansion of Judicial Center - $7,000,000
• Transportation Projects - $17,280,860

Individual City Projects

• City of Covington
  • Airport Improvements - $500,000
  • Transportation Projects - $6,966,620
• City of Oxford
  • Water System Improvements - $1,233,050
• City of Porterdale
  • Recreation Projects - $140,000
  • Historic Preservation - $450,000
  • Transportation Projects - $240,000
• City of Newborn
  • Transportation Projects - $117,840
  • Recreational Projects - $100,000
  • Facility Improvements - $119,000
• City of Mansfield
  • Transportation Projects - $252,630

SPLOST 2005 - $58,800,000

• Additional Detention Center Pods - $3,600,000
• Architectural / Engineering / Administration for projects - $3,610,000
• County Administration Complex - $5,000,000
• Data Communication System - $1,625,000
• District 4 Community Center - $500,000
• Emergency 800 Radio System - $6,000
• Future Civic Center - $5,000,000
• Greenspace / Land Acquisition - $1,000,000
• Historic Jail Structural and Exterior Renovation - $500,000
• Judicial Center Parking Lot - $265,000
• Landfill Improvements / Expansion- $3,700,000
• Public Works Mechanic Shop - $2,000,000
• Recreation - Cousins Gym - $500,000
• Transportation - $5,000,000
• Roads - $15,000,000

Individual City Projects

• Transportation - $3,693,000

• City of Porterdale
  • Recreation - Porterdale Gym - $444,320
  • Restoration of Historic Porterdale Train Depot - $55,000
  • Transportation - $3,693,385
• City of Newborn
  • Transportation - $166,325
• City of Mansfield
  • Transportation - $125,384
• City of Oxford
  • Maintenance Facility - $344,910
  • City Hall Annex - $140,000
  • Fire Station Renovation - $90,000

SPLOST 2000 - $40,230,000

• Historic Courthouse Renovation $4,300,000
• Landfill Expansion $1,500,000
• New Public Health and Mental Health Facilities $1,200,000
• Newton County Jail Facility $27,230,000
• RECREATION SITES: Washington Street Community Center Renovation, Oak Hill Pavilion (behind the new Porter Memorial Library) $1,000,000
• Road Improvements. $5,000,000

SPLOST 1995 - $28,000,000

• Newton County Judicial Building
• Newton County Library
• Roadwork
• Turner Lake Complex (158 acres with 26 acre lake)

SPLOST 1986

• Cornish Creek Reservoir/Lake Varner